1315.54
Investigations.

(A)
The
attorney general may conduct investigations within or outside this state to
determine if a money transmitter or person engaged in a trade or business has
failed to file a report required by section
1315.53 of the Revised Code or has
engaged or is engaging in an act, practice, or transaction that constitutes a
violation of a provision of sections
1315.51 to
1315.55 of the Revised Code.

(B)
On request of the attorney
general, a money transmitter shall make the money transmitter's books and
records available to the attorney general during normal business hours for
inspection and examination in connection with an investigation conducted under
this section. No person shall purposely fail to comply with this division.

(C)
Any record or other document
or information obtained by the attorney general pursuant to an investigation
conducted under this section is not a public record subject to section
149.43 of the Revised Code and is
not subject to disclosure.

(D)
This section does not apply to any bank, bank holding company, or affiliate of
a bank or bank holding company, that is subject to examination by the
comptroller of the currency, the federal reserve, or the federal deposit
insurance corporation, or to any savings and loan association, savings and loan
holding company, or affiliate of a savings and loan association or savings and
loan holding company, that is subject to examination by the office of thrift
supervision.